Another Day

by Jeffery Farnol

Another Day is atypical of Farnol's work, it's a Jazz Age romantic thriller/mystery featuring a wealthy young American believing himself guilty of murder and fleeing to England.  Keith Dallas Chisholm, a young American believing that he is guilty of killing the man he hated, has fled from New York to England where he encounters a very small but friendly damsel.

258 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1929

About the author

John Jeffery Farnol was born in Aston, Birmingham, England, UK, son of Kate Jeffery and Henry John Farnol, a factory-employed brass-founder. The marriage had three more children, two boys and a girl.] He was brought up in London and Kent. He attended the Westminster School of Art, after he had lost his job in a Birmingham metal-working firm.

In 1900 he married Blanche Wilhelmina Victoria Hawley (1883–1955), the 16 years old daughter of the noted New York scenic artist H. Hughson Hawley; they moved to the United States, where he found work as a scene painter. The marriage had a daughter, Gillian Hawley. He returned to England around 1910, and settled in Eastbourne, Sussex. In 1938, he divorced and remarried with Phyllis Mary Clarke on 20 May, and adopted her daughter, Charmian Jane.

On 9 August 1952, he died aged 73 in Eastbourne, after a long battle with cancer.

Farnol published his first romance novel My Lady Caprice in 1907. The success of his early novels led Farnol toeventually become a professional writer. He produced around 40 novels and volumes of stories, and some non-fiction and children's books. His last book was completed by his second wife Phyllis.

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Reviews

[Nuranar · Rating 4 out of 5]

A contemporary, rather than historical, novel from Farnol. But even with Americans and gangsters and fast cars, it's thoroughly delightful.

[Margareth8537 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Prefer his historical fiction, but this was quite an entertaining read